That gets tricky, doesn't it, Barbara. Sometimes, it seems that people in middle management get dumped on from both sides. My boss and I have been friends since we started work together 25 years ago. I'm allowed to say what I think, but he has to keep his mouth shut. I get time-and-a-half when I work overtime, and he works a lot more than I do and gets nothing. Doesn't seem quite fair to me.
A few of us got gently bumped from membership in the Sacramento Labor Chorus recently. A couple were sympathetic middle managers, and I'm a privatized former Fed without a union. The state employees' union decided the chorus should represent only state workers. I do hope union workers take time to think of us who are left out.
Good luck, Barbara.
-Joe Offer-